Published: February 24, 2025
CHAPTER 2: A Heart-Stopping Step
"Bang!"
Tan Yun whipped his right hand, throwing the corpse of Tan Zizhong forcefully out of the Guest Hall.
“Yun’er, quickly tell Grandpa what happened?” Tan Changchun's face changed dramatically as he hurried to Tan Yun's side.
Tan Feng and Feng Jingru, the couple, looked at the poisoned wine spilled on the ground, their backs chilled as they stared at Tan Yun, waiting for his answer.
Tan Yun spoke loudly, “Grandpa, Liu Boyi and Situ Tianlun bribed the steward to poison the wine.”
“They wanted to kill you and my father, then exterminate our Tan Residence. Their wicked intentions are aimed at seizing our Tan family’s assets!”
This revelation sent shockwaves through the gathering of over a hundred family heads, causing them to tremble. Some doubted the truth of the matter; others secretly thought that Situ Tianlun and Liu Boyi were indeed vicious!
But facing the palpable hostility of the three family heads, they all chose silence, unwilling to wade into these muddy waters.
“I’m furious!” Tan Changchun glared at Liu Boyi and Situ Tianlun, his anger boiling over, “You are truly despicable!”
“Hahaha, what a joke!” Liu Boyi looked at Tan Changchun with a sneer, “Your grandson publicly breaks off the engagement, and now he even dares to commit murder and frame others! Do you really think I, Liu Boyi, can be bullied?”
“Master Liu is right!” Situ Tianlun flipped his hand, and a long sword appeared out of thin air in his right hand.
He pointed the sword at Tan Changchun and shouted, “A gentleman may be killed but cannot be humiliated! Today, I will leave no one alive from the Tan family!”
Faced with the imminent threat of battle, beads of sweat the size of peas broke out on Tan Changchun's forehead. He knew that if Situ Tianlun and Liu Boyi teamed up, he would undoubtedly die, and the Tan family would be doomed!
“Father, we are no match for them, what should we do?” Tan Feng, a seventh-level spirit embryo realm practitioner, looked ashen, feeling helpless.
“Calm down,” Tan Changchun said in a grave tone, then cast a pleading look at Bai Qiusheng, “Master Bai, please help uphold justice for my Tan family.”
Without a doubt, Bai Qiusheng, a practitioner of the ninth level spirit embryo realm, was the only one who could save the Tan family!
“Master Bai, this is a matter between our families, please do not interfere,” Liu Boyi and Situ Tianlun spoke in unison.
At this moment, all eyes were on Bai Qiusheng, and no one dared to make a sound.
Everyone concluded that Bai Qiusheng would never offend Situ Tianlun and Liu Boyi entirely for the sake of the Tan family.
And the reality was indeed so!
Bai Qiusheng slowly rose from his seat, looking at Tan Changchun with a frown, his expression troubled, “Old Master Tan, it is ultimately unclear whether your Tan family has falsely accused Master Liu and Master Situ, or if the two masters have long been plotting against the Tan family’s assets. Only you know the truth. Sorry, but I cannot assist without clarifying the facts.”
Hearing this, Tan Changchun wanted to say something, but Tan Yun stepped forward and bowed deeply, saying, “Old Bai, I know you have always desired to successfully refine the spirit胎 pill, and coincidentally, I have obtained the formula for this pill and wish to present it to you.”
“What? You have the formula for the spirit胎 pill!” Bai Qiusheng's expression became extremely excited as he transformed into a white shadow, appearing in front of Tan Yun, trembling as he said, “Young Master Tan, hurry and show it to me… quickly!”
The spirit胎 pill is a treasure-level elixir for practitioners of the spirit胎 realm, capable of enhancing a practitioner’s level.
Without a doubt, whoever obtains the formula can produce a batch of eighth-level or even ninth-level spirit embryo realm practitioners in as short as three years or as long as ten years!
Seeing Bai Qiusheng so excited, Situ Tianlun and Liu Boyi exchanged glances, realizing the situation could turn bad. They understood that Tan Yun wanted Bai Qiusheng to help the Tan family using the formula.